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Frederick III, Elector Palatine

1515 - 1576

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Frederick III of Simmern, the Pious, Elector Palatine of the Rhine (14 February 1515 – 16 October 1576) was a ruler from the house of Wittelsbach, specifically the cadet branch of Palatinate-Simmern-Sponheim. He was a son of John II of Simmern and inherited the Palatinate from the childless Elector Otto-Henry, Elector Palatine (Ottheinrich) in 1559. He was a devout convert to Calvinism, and made the Reformed confession the official religion of his domain by overseeing the composition and promulgation of the Heidelberg Catechism. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Frederick III, Elector Palatine has received more than 143,431 page views. His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). Frederick III, Elector Palatine is the 5,868th most popular politician (up from 6,212th in 2019), the 1,623rd most popular biography from Germany (up from 1,728th in 2019) and the 469th most popular German Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Frederick III, Elector Palatine ranks 5,868 out of 19,576. Before him are Charles Taylor, Brian Cowen, Salah al-Din al-Bitar, Bagrat IV of Georgia, Ben Carson, and Barzan Ibrahim al-Tikriti. After him are Maria Palaiologina, Sekhemib-Perenmaat, Charles Frederick, Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach, Gasparo da Salò, Princess Margaret of Denmark, and Maria of Castile, Queen of Aragon.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1515, Frederick III, Elector Palatine ranks 15. Before him are Piali Pasha, Petrus Ramus, Sebastian Castellio, Cipriano de Rore, Felix of Cantalice, and Mikołaj "the Black" Radziwiłł. After him are Johann Weyer, Christoph, Duke of Württemberg, Hōjō Ujiyasu, Margaret Douglas, Valerius Cordus, and Francisco de Toledo. Among people deceased in 1576, Frederick III, Elector Palatine ranks 7. Before him are Titian, Gerolamo Cardano, Tahmasp I, Maximilian II, Holy Roman Emperor, Aloysius Lilius, and Hans Sachs. After him are Isabella de' Medici, Bálint Bakfark, Luis de Requesens y Zúñiga, Bartolomé Carranza, John Albert I, Duke of Mecklenburg, and Nicola Vicentino.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Frederick III, Elector Palatine ranks 1,623 out of 7,253. Before him are Oliver Bierhoff (1968), Eduard Mörike (1804), Otto Wels (1873), Augusta Victoria of Hohenzollern (1890), August Kopff (1882), and Wilhelm Rediess (1900). After him are Nicolaus Bruhns (1665), Andreas Karlstadt (1486), Charles Frederick, Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach (1783), Mike Nichols (1931), Duchess Helene of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (1814), and Adolph Freiherr Knigge (1752).

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Among POLITICIANS In Germany

Among politicians born in Germany, Frederick III, Elector Palatine ranks 469. Before him are Princess Louise Caroline of Hesse-Kassel (1789), Princess Friederike of Brandenburg-Schwedt (1736), Franz Xaver Schwarz (1875), Conrad, Margrave of Meissen (1097), Otto Wels (1873), and Augusta Victoria of Hohenzollern (1890). After him are Charles Frederick, Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach (1783), Princess Regina of Saxe-Meiningen (1925), Prince Frederick of the Netherlands (1797), Prince Oskar of Prussia (1888), Margravine Hedwig Sophie of Brandenburg (1623), and Christian the Younger of Brunswick (1599).

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